LIVE STOCK 



Contagious Disease Laws 



OF MARYLAND 



ESTABLISHING THE 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD 



511 GARRETT BUILDING, 
BALTIMORE. 



COMMISSIONERS: 
HARRY P. SKIPPER, President, 

Chestertown, Kent Co., Md. 

HART B* NOLL, 

Ellicott City, Howard Co., Md. 

CHARLES W. MELVILLE, Secretary, 

Sykesviile, Carroll County, Md. 

Dr. L. HICKMAN, Chief Veterinary Inspector, 
Baltimore, Md. 






LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1888, Ch. 519. 



1888 



Name and 
Style of 
Board. 



Duty of the 
Board. 

"Exotic" 
Contagious 
Diseases. 



I,ocal 
Boards of 
Health to in- 
vestigate 
and report. 



CHAPTER 519. 

AN ACT to prevent the spread of Contagions or Infectious 
Diseases among the Live Stock of this State. 

Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of 
Maryland, That a Commission is hereby established 
which shall be known under the name and style of the 
"State Live Stock Sanitary Board," to consist of three 
commissioners, who are practically engaged in the breed- 
ing of live stock, who shall be appointed by the Governor, 
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, bien- 
nially, at such time as Executive appointments are re- 
quired by law to be made, and who shall hold their offices 
until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of 
said Board, as far as possible, to protect the health of the 
domestic animals of the State from all exotic, contagious 
or infectious diseases, and g-landers in horses, and for this 
purpose it is authorized and empowered to establish, 
maintain and enforce such quarantine, sanitary or other 
regulations as it may deem necessary, and shall maintain 
an office in the city of Baltimore; it shall constitute and 
prosecute diligent inquiries in the several counties and 
ascertain as far as possible the exact condition of the 
health of the live stock in said counties, and the local 
boards of health of the several counties shall investigate 
all reported cases of contagious or infectious diseases of 
live stock in their respective counties, and if found to be 
contagious or infectious shall report the same at once to 



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ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esquire, Governor. 



the said Live Stock Sanitary Board, and such Board shall 

. - .■ . 1 • o To P revent 

have the power to prevent the introduction into this State introduction 

of animals 

of animals from other States which thev may have reason believed to 

. . be affected. 

to believe are affected with a contagious or infectious 
disease, or have been exposed thereto, and to detain the 
same at any place for inspection or quarantine in its 
discretion. 

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That on presentation to the 
Governor by the said "Live Stock Sanitary Board" of the 
facts, showing the existence of any contagious or infec- 
tious disease among the domestic animals of any other 
State, Territory or District, the Governor may, by procla- prociama- 
mation, declare such State, Territory or District, or any Governor. 016 
part thereof, in quarantine, and during the pendency of 
such quarantine it shall not be lawful for any person or 
persons, company or corporation to bring into the State 
of Maryland any animals or animal of the kind so in- 
fected from the district so quarantined. And any person 
or persons, company or corporation, whether owner, 
agent or carrier convicted of a violation of the provisions 
of this section, shall be subject to a fine not less than one 
hundred dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars for 
each offense. 

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That each member of said 
Board shall be paid the sum of five dollars per day and 
the necessary expenses for time actually spent in the dis- 

J r j f Appropna- 

charge of his duties. And the sum of three thousand tion to meet 

expenses. 

dollars per year be and the same is hereby appropriated, 
or so much thereof as may be necessary to meet the 
expenses of said Board, including rent, printing, counsel 
fees, &c. 

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Governor shall 
also appoint a Chief Veterinary Inspector, who shall be a 
graduate in good standing of some recognized school of chief vet- 
veterinary medicine, who shall hold his office and be paid spe°tor,i>u- 
a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars and traveling tiesot - 



4 LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1888, Ch. 519. 

expenses, in the discretion of the Governor, whose duty it 
shall be to visit the stables of the city and counties 
wherever and whenever he has reason to believe conta- 
gious or infectious disease may exist, and he may visit 
any such stable at any hour of the day, between sunrise 
and sunset, and shall have power with the consent of the 
said Live Stock Sanitary Board, to order all animals 
iaw Uarantme which have been exposed to such contagion or infection 
to be isolated in such manner as the nature thereof may 
in his judgment render necessary to prevent the spread- 
ing of such disease; to order that any premises, farm or 
farms, stables or railway cars, where such disease exists, 
or has existed, be put in quarantine, so that no domestic 
animals of the same species shall be removed from or 
brought to the premises or place so quarantined until the 
same shall have been properly disinfected; to prescribe 
such regulations as he may judge necessary or expedient 
to prevent infection or contagion being communicated in 
any way from the places so quarantined; to call upon all 
sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen or 
other officers of the State, the City of Baltimore, or of 
any county, for information and assistance to carry out 
and enforce the provisions of such orders and regula- 
tions ; to prescribe regulations for the destruction of ani- 
fo? e d?su-uo S m als affected with or exposed to an infectious or con- 
ma"s° fam " tagious disease, and for the proper destruction of their 
hides and carcasses, and all objects which might carry 
infection or contagion; to prescribe regulations for the 
disinfection of all buildings, premises, and railway cars, 
and of all objects from which, or by which infection or 
contagion might take place, or be conveyed; to alter and 
modify from time to time, as he may deem expedient, the 
terms of all such orders and regulations, and to cancel or 
withdraw the same at any time; and it shall be the duty 
Duties of °f an< sheriffs and deputy sheriffs, constables, policemen 
stabies?' po"" or other officers of the State, City of Baltimore or coun- 
oSier state d ties, to obey and observe all orders and instructions 
officers. which they may receive from said Veterinary Inspector 



Penalties 



ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esquire, Governor. 

in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act within 
their respective jurisdiction. 

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That any person who shall 
violate or transgress the terms or requirements of any 
order or regulation issued and prescribed by the said 

Veterinary Inspector, with the consent of the Live Stock 
Sanitary Board, under the authority of this Act, or shall 
refuse to said Veterinary Inspector or his assistants, access forvioiatini 
to his, her or their premises, farms, stables, cars sheds or 
pens, or shall resist said inspector or his assistants in apply- 
ing any of the quarantine orders or regulations, or shall 
conceal the fact that the contagious or infectious disease 
exists on his premises, shall be subject to a fine of not 
more than one hundred nor less than fifty dollars, which 
fine may be imposed by any Justice of the Peace of the 
City of Baltimore or any county where such offense may 
be committed. 

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That is shall be the duty of 
all persons practicing veterinary medicine in this State to 

1-1 • 1 t-» 1 11 r • Duty of all 

report immediately to said Board all cases of contagious persons prac- 
or infectious diseases among the live stock which may nary medi- 

cine. 

come to their knowledge, and a failure to report for forty- : 
eight hours after he or they shall come into such knowl- 
edge, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and on conviction 
thereof he or they shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars 
for each offense. 

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That is shall be unlawful 
for any person to inoculate any animal in this State with unlawful to 
the virus of any infectious or contagious disease incident mai" without 
to animals without the consent of the said Live Stock 
Sanitary Board, and that any person convicted of this 
offense shall be fined a sum not less than one nor more 
than five hundred dollars, in the discretion of the Court. 

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That for the performance Pay for du . 
of the duties imposed on them by this Act, all constables, edby?tate m " 
sheriffs or deputy sheriffs or other State officers, shall be officers - 



LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1888, Ch. 519. 



paid as for the performance of similar duties under exist- 
ing laws. 

Sec. 10. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty 
toi-Seys s At * °^ a ^ State's Attorneys to prosecute all persons accused 
of violating the provisions of this Act and to defend in all 
cases of appeals from appraisements. 

Sec. 11. And be it enacted, That all rules and regula- 
tions formulated and issued by said Board in pursuance 
Misdemean- of the powers hereby conferred on it, shall have the force 
by "common and effect of laws, and all violations of such rules and 
regulations shall be punished as misdemeanors are pun- 
ished at common law, and all appraisements of animals to 
be slaughtered, or of buildings to be destroyed, shall be 
approved by said Board before such animals are slaugh- 
tered, or such buildings are destroyed; and said Board 
shall have the discretion to have such animals slaugh- 
tered or quarantined. * 



law. 



Slaughter 

or 

quarantine. 



selling dis 
eased ani- 
mals or ex 
posing. 



Sec. 12. And be it enacted, That any person who 
shall sell or otherwise dispose of an animal which he 
knows, or has good reason to believe, is affected .with any 
penait f contagious or infectious disease, or has been exposed 
thereto within ninety days, or shall permit the same to 
pass over or upon any public highway, street, lane or 
alley, or to graze any tin fenced lot or piece of ground 
without the consent of the said Board, shall, on conviction 
threof, be fined not less than fifty dollars, nor more than 
one hundred dollars for each animal so driven or exposed: 
such fine may be imposed by any Justice of the Peace of 
the City of Baltimore or county where the offense was 
committed. 

Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That it shall be unlawful 

for any person or persons to wilfully expose any animal 

wilfully to others affected with a contagious or infectious disease. 

exposing 

heavy or to put or suffer to be put any healthy or unexposed 

penalty. r 

animals of the same species into any stable, or on any 



ELIHU E. JAGKSON, Esquire, Governor. 



premises which have been declared to be infected, until 
the same shall have been declared to be free from such 
infection by the said Veterinary Inspector with the con- 
sent of said Board; any person or persons convicted of 
violating any of the provisions of this section shall be 
subject to a fine of not less than one nor more than five 
hundred dollars for each offense ; and the animal or 
animals so introduced into such infected stables or 
premises, shall be slaughtered by said Veterinary In- 
spector without appraisement or compensation from the 
State. 

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That in the event of any 
building or buildings, sheds, stables, stable furniture, 
hay, straw or fodder, being reported to the said Board Destruction 
by said inspector as being incapable of proper disinfec- ° m inffS ' 
tion, the said Board may in its discretion, have such 
buildings and articles so infected, appraised as herein- 
after provided for the appraisement of animals, and 
destroyed. 

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That in the event of its 
being deemed necessary for the said Veterinary In- 
spector and said Board to prevent the spread of con- slaughter 
tagious or infectious disease, to cause any animal or fngammaT s s * 
animals so diseased, or exposed to such disease to be 
slaughtered, the value of such animal or animals shall 
be appraised in their then condition by two sworn ap- 
praisers, to be sworn before any officer authorized to ad- 
minister oaths and affirmations, one of which appraisers 
to be appointed by the owner or custodian of such animals, 
the other by the said Veterinary Inspector, or in case the ho^appSnt- 
said owner or custodian of such animals shall neglect or 
refuse to name such appraisers, then by two appraisers 
to be appointed by said inspector, who in case of disagree- 
ment shall call in a third, which said appraisement when 
approved by said Board shall be filed with the Comp- " p g^ f 
troller; and the Comptroller shall forthwith issue his ^rant 
warrant to the Treasurer for the amount of said appraise- cimp^oner. 



ed. 



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Disputing 
appraise- 
ment. 



ment, in favor of the said owner or owners, and if the 
owner or owners of such animals or buildings or other 
property shall not be satisfied with the amount of said 
appraisement, he or they may, within sixty days, appeal 
to the Circuit Court of the County, or to the Baltimore 
City Court, if such animals or buildings are within the 
City of Baltimore, by filing- in said Court a copy of the 
appraisement with a petition for a writ of subpoena against 
the said Veterinary Inspector, which appeals shall be acted 
on by said Court in the same manner as appeals from 
Justices of the Peace. 



Authority 
to agree with 

U. S. 



Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That the said Board is 
hereby authorized and empowered to agree with the 
Bureau of Animal Industry of the Department of Agri- 
culture of the United States, or other properly consti- 
tuted authority of the United States, for co-operation in 
the work of eradicating any contagious or infectious 
disease among live stock, in the State of Maryland, but 
such agreement shall provide that such work shall be under 
the control of the State authorities. 



Assistant 
Inspectors. 



Sec. 17. And be it enacted, That in the event of an 
epidemic of contagious or infectious disease among the 
live stock of this State, it shall be the duty of the said 
Board to appoint such assistants to said inspector as may 
be necessary to promptly suppress the same and to fix 
their pay. 



Penalties 



Sec. 18. And be it enacted, That all diseased animals, 
that under the provisions of this Act shall be slaughtered 
at any slaughter house where meat is prepared for 
market, shall be slaughtered under the supervision of 
the Chief Veterinary Inspector, or his assistant, and it 
shall be the duty of said inspector to see that the car- 
For allow- casses and offal of such diseased animals, whether such 

ing carcasses . 

to be scid for disease is contagious or otherwise, are destroyed and not 
sold for food. Any inspector who shall corruptly pass 



human food. 



ELIHU E. JACKSON, Esquire, Governor. 9 

as healthy a diseased animal shall on conviction thereof 
be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars and forfeit 
his commission. 

Article 58, Chapter 321, 1890 — Laws of Maryand. 

Sec. 19. And be it enacted, That all hogs and other 
domestic animals dying of any contagious or infectious 
disease shall be buried at a depth of at least three feet 
or be burned at the discretion of the owner, and any person 
or persons permitting any dead hogs or any other domestic 
animals having died of any contagious or infectious disease 
to remain unburied upon his or their premises for the 
space of three hours prior to sunset of said day after he 
has discovered the same shall be guilty of misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace, 
shall be fined not less than ten dollars for each offense 
or imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten days, 
or be both fined and imprisoned in the discretion of the 
Justice. 

Sec. 20. And be it enacted, That this Act shall take 
effect from the date of its passage. 

Approved this $th day of April, 1888. 



io LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1898, Ch. 306. 



J 898 

JANUARY SESSION. 



CHAPTER 306. 

AN ACT to add certain new Sections to Article 58 of the Code of 
Public General Laws, title "Live Stock," under the new- sub-titles 
"Dairies," to follow Section 18 in proper numerical order. 

SECTION I. 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That cer- 
tain new Sections be and the same are hereby added to Article 58 of 
the Code of Public General Laws, title Live Stock, under the new 
sub-title "Dairies," to follow Section 18 of said Article in proper 
numerical order, and to read as follows : 

19. It shall be the duty of all dairymen or herdsmen or private 
individuals supplying milk to cities, towns or villages, to register 
their herds or cattle with the Live Stock Sanitary Board; in violation 
of which the parties offending shall be fined not less than one dollar 
nor more than twenty for each offense. 

20. It shall be the duty of the Live Stock Sanitary Board to 
have inspected at least annually, without notice to the owner or 
those in charge of any dairy or the parties supplying milk as named 
in Section 19 of this Article, the premises wherein cows are kept, 
and if such premises are found in an unsanitary condition, the said 
Board may prohibit the sale and shipment of milk from such prem- 
ises until such time as such premises shall conform to the following 
sanitary rules : 



LLOYD LOWNDES, Esquire, Governor. ii 



Rule i. No building or shed shall be used for stabling- cows 
for dairy purposes which is not well lighted and ventilated and 
which is not provided with sufficient feed troughs or boxes, and 
suitable floor, laid with proper grades and channels to immediately 
carry off all drainage; and if a public sewer abuts the premises upon 
which such building is situated, they shall be connected therewith 
whenever the Inspector considers such sewer connection necessary. 

Rule 2. No water closet, privy, cesspool or urinal shall be 
located within any building or shed used for stabling cows for dairy 
purpose or for the storage of milk or cream; nor shall any fowl, 
hog', sheep or goat be kept in any room used for such purposes. 

3. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for 
keeping cows for dairy purposes to keep such premises thoroughly 
clean and in good repairs and well painted or whitewashed at all 
times. 

4. It shall be the duty of each person using any premises for 
keeping cows for dairy purposes to cause the buildings in which 
cows are kept to be thoroughly cleaned, and remove all dung from 
the premises so as to prevent its accumulation in great quantities. 

5. Any person using any premises for keeping cows for dairy 
purposes shall provide and use a sufficient number of receptacles, 
made of non-absorbent materials for the reception, storage and de- 
livery of milk, and shall cause them at all times to be cleaned and 
purified, and shall cause all milk to be removed without delay from 
the rooms in which cows are kept. 

6. Every person keeping cows for the production of milk for 
sale shall cause every such cow to be cleaned every day and to be 
properly fed and watered with an abundance of pure clean water. 

7. Any enclosure where cows are kept shall be graded and 
drained, so as to keep the surface reasonably dry ; no garbage, fecal 
matter or similar matter shall be placed or allowed to remain in 
such enclosure unless sufficient straw or similar good absorbent 
material be used to keep the enclosure clean at all times and no 
open drain shall be allowed to run through it. And any person 



12 LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1898, Ch. 306. 

who shall ship or sell milk contrary to the aforesaid order of said 
Board shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- 
tion shall be fined not less than one dollar nor more than twenty 
dollars for each day during which shipments shall be made after 
notice of such order. 

21. The Live Stock Sanitary Board shall, at the request of the 
owner or owners of dairy herds, furnish them with a certificate of 
health whenever the provisions of this Article are complied with 
and there is no visible sign of disease amongst such, herds; such 
certificates shall be revocable in the discretion of the Board. 

22. For the purpose of paying the expenses required in carry- 
ing out the provisions of this sub-title, the sum of three thousand 
dollars is hereby appropriated annually or so much thereof as is 
necessary, out of the moneys in the treasury not otherwise appro- 
priated, and the Comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his 
warrant on the Treasurer for such sums as the said Board shall 
produce vouchers for not exceeding the amount appropriated, pay- 
able monthly. 

SECTION II. 

And be it enacted, That this Act shall take effect from the date 
of its passage. 

Approved April 9, 1898. 



BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 13 



HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S RULES AND 
REGULATIONS- 

1. Milk or cream shall not be kept for sale nor stored in any 
stable or room used for sleeping or domestic purposes, or in any 
room having- any communication with such stable or rooms or with 
water-closet apartments. 

2. Milk or cream must not be sold or stored in any room 
which is dark, poorly ventilated or dirty, or in which rubbish or 
unless material is allowed to accumulate, or where there are offensive 
odors. 

3. Cans or other receptacles containing milk or cream for sale 
shall not be allowed to stand on the sidewalk or outside the store 
door. • 

4. Cans in which milk or cream is kept for sale shall be kept 
either in a milk tub, properly cooled, or in a clean ice box or refrig- 
erator, in which only those or similar articles of food are stored, 
and the said milk or cream shall be kept at a temperature not more 
than 50 degrees Fahrenheit. 

5. The vessels which contain milk or cream while on sale must 
be so protected by suitable covers and must be so placed in the store 
or dairy that the milk or cream will not become contaminated by 
street dust and dirt. 

6. All cans, bottles and other ' receptacles in which milk or 
cream is handled, transported or sold must be thoroughly cleaned 
and sterilized by steam or hot water before filling. Such cleansing 
must be done in accordance with Section 1 of these Rules and 
Regulations. 



14 BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 

7. All dippers, measures or other utensils used in handling- milk 
or cream must be kept clean and sanitary while in use, and shall be 
thoroughly washed and sterilized directly after each day's use. 

8. The ice box, or ice tub or refrigerator in which milk or 
cream is kept must be thoroughly cleaned by scrubbing at least 
twice a week. 

9. The overflow pipe from the ice box or refrigerator in which 
the milk or cream is kept must not be connected directly with the 
drain pipe or sewer, but must discharge into an open sink, which 
is supplied with water, sewer connected and properly trapped, or 
which discharges upon the surface of the ground ; or else it must 
discharge into a movable receptacle, which shall be kept clean and 
free from odors. 

10. Any person having a contagious disease, or caring for or 
coming in contact with any person having a contagious disease, 
shall not handle milk. 

11. All cases of infectious or contagious diseases within the 
premises where milk or cream is sold or stored must be reported to 
the Health Office at once. 

12. In selling milk, the contents of the can or other receptacle 
should be thoroughly mixed before measuring out the amount 
desired. 

13. Ice must not be placed in the milk or cream to cool it. 

14. In testing milk by dealers samples must be removed from 
the receptacles containing the milk, and if the samples are tasted 
or if fingers are put into the milk, or in any other way be sub- 
jected to the possibility of being contaminated, the samples must be 
thrown away and not put back into the milk containers or sold. 



AUSTIN L. CROTHERS, Esquire, Governor. 15 



1908 

JANUARY SESSION. 



CHAPTER 365. 

Entitled an Act to protect the health of the domestic animals of the 
State of Maryland. 

Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, 
That the importation of dairy cows and neat cattle for breeding- 
purposes into the State of Maryland is hereby prohibited, excepting 
when such cows and neat cattle are accompanied by a certificate from 
an inspector, whose competency and reliability are certified to by the 
authorities charged with the control of the diseases of domestic animals 
in the State from whence the cattle came, certifying that they have 
been examined and subjected to the tuberculin test, and are free from 
disease. 

Section 2. That in lieu of an inspection certificate, as above re- 
quired, the cattle may be detained at suitable stockyards nearest to 
the State line on the railroad over which they are shipped, and then 
examined at the expense of the owner; or cattle as above specified 
from points outside the State may under such restrictions as may be 
provided by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, be shipped in quar- 
antine to their destination in Maryland, there to remain in quarantine 
until properly examined at the expense of the owner, and released by 
the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 

Section 3. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby 
authorized and empowered to prohibit the importation of domestic 
animals into the State of Maryland whenever in their judgment such 
measures may be necessary for the proper protection of the health 
of the domestic animals of the State and to make and enforce rules 
and regulations governing such traffic, as may from time to time be 
required. 



l6 LAWS OF MARYLAND— 1908, Ch. 365. 

Section 4. That any person, firm or corporate body violating: 
the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction shall in the proper Court of the County in which 
such cattle are sold, offered for sale, delivered to a purchaser, or in 
which such a cattle may be detained in transit, for each offence forfeit 
and pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or be punished 
by imprisonment for not exceeding thirty days, either or both, at 
the d'scretion of the Court. Such person, firm, or corporate body 
shall be liable for the full amount of the damages that may result 
from the violation of this Act. 

Section 5. The State Live Stock Sanitary Board is hereby 
charged with the enforcement of this Act, and is authorized to see 
that its provisions are obeyed and to make from time to time such 
rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for its enforce- 
ment. 

1910, Chapter 466, Sections 4, 5, 6 (p. 167). 

32. No person shall treat any animal with any material or sub- 
stance nor in any manner for the purpose of preventing normal reaction 
on the part of such animal to the tuberculin, mallein or other test. No 
person shall knowingly sell or offer for sale any animal that has reacted 
to the tuberculin, mallein or other test, without giving information of 
such reaction to the purchaser. No animal that has reacted to the 
tuberculin, mallein or other test shall be sold or removed from the 
premises where the test was made without permission in writing from 
the state veterinarian. 

Section 6. And be it enacted, That this Act shall go into effect 
July 1st, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight (July 1, 1908). 

Austin L. Crothers, 

Governor. 

April 6, 1908. Joseph B. Seth, 

President of the Senate. 

The Great Seal J. Enos Ray, Jr., 

of Speaker of the House of Delegates. 

Maryland. 



STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD. 



RULES. 

Rules for the enforcement of the Act of 1908. Chapter 365. 

Dairy Cows and Cattle for breeding purposes may be brought 
into Maryland from other states only in accordance with one of the 
three following provisions : 

1. The cattle may be examined and tested with Tuberculin in 
the state whence they came by an inspector whose competency and 
reliability are certified to by the authorities charged with the control 
of the diseases of animals in that state. Special blanks for report- 
ing upon such examinations will be furnished by the State Live 
Stock Sanitary Board upon application. Cattle thus examined, found 
to be free from disease and brought into Maryland, shall remain in 
the possession of the person or persons who own them when brought 
into Maryland, until the inspection reports have been approved by a 
member of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board or by an agent author- 
ized to approve such reports. After such approval the cattle may be 
disposed of without restriction. 

2. In place of an inspection outside of Maryland as provided 
above, dairy cows and cattle for breeding purposes may be examined 
and tested with Tuberculin at suitable stock yards nearest to the State 
line on the railroad over which they are shipped. Such examinations 
are to be made by inspectors approved by this board and at the expense 
of the owner of the cattle. 

Cattle so inspected shall be marked with a suitable metal tag 
or shall be accurately described so that they can be reliably identified, 
and a report on the examination and test with directions for identifica- 
tions, shall be submitted without delay to this Board. 

3. Dairy cows and cattle for breeding- purposes may be brought 
into Maryland without previous examination only under the follow- 
ing conditions. 



18 STATE LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD. 

A. Notification to the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, that it 
is proposed to bring certain dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes 
into the State. Such notice must be accompanied by the number and 
a full and accurate description of the cattle, the names and addresses 
of the owner and consignee, the date upon which they are to be brought 
into the State, the route over which they are to be driven or shipped 
and the destination. 

When such complete report cannot be made in advance, a 
special permit must be applied for and held, and this must accom- 
pany the cattle. 

B. Such cattle shall remain in strict quarantine during transit 
and after they have arrived at their destination until they have been 
examined and tested with Tuberculin, and found to be free from evi- 
dence of infectious disease, by an inspector approved by this Board. 
Under this quarantine it is required that the cattle shall be kept apart 
from other cattle, that they shall remain in the possession of the person 
or persons, who bring them into this State and that their milk shall 
not be sold or used without previous sterilization by boiling. 

Dairy cows or cattle for breeding purposes brought into Mary- 
land under this provision that are found upon examination or test 
to be tuberculous, shall be strictly isolated and quarantined, their milk 
cannot be used for any purpose whatever without previous sterilization 
by boiling, and they shall not be moved to other premises excepting for 
slaughter, or, upon special permit for return to the State and place 
whence they came. No compensation shall be allowed for such cattle. 

State Live Stock Sanitary Board. 



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